(I once saw a Hobie 20 go through a toll booth with the rudder swinging loose side to side...narrowly avoided having the rudder arm jam against the toll booth.)
You gotta watch out for those Hobie 20 sailors, they need all the help they can get! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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If you owned a hobie, I could understand your fustration with putting them on and off...
...I needed a damn hammer to get my 17's rudder pins in and out.
A lot of guys carry a 1/2" wrench around and take the rudder off of the lower cstng. Then they put a bungee cord between the lowers to keep them from flopping around. Quick and easy.
That's what we do. Same set up as the 20, which BTW originally had four individual pins and someone had a better idea. I even removed the gudgeons to reseat and better align them for the long pins...to no avail. It's a bitch, but I take ours OFF.
